Category: Green Building LEED News
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Successful Better Buildings Challenge Expands to 4.2 Billion Square Feet
Launched in 2011 by President Obama, 34,000 buildings are now partners in making buildings 20% more energy efficient.
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Load Warriors: Experts discuss rooftop ballast installation best practices
Installing a ballast racking system on a commercial roof isn’t necessarily any easier or more difficult than a ground-mount in terms of the planning and challenges, but you can’t accidentally void the earth’s warranty. There’s also less risk in a ground-mount mistake resulting in a PV system tumbling into aRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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JA Solar issued CTF lab qualification by TUV SUD
TUV SUD, a quality, safety and sustainability solutions provider that specializes in testing, inspection, auditing, certification, training, and knowledge services, issued a lab qualification of Customers’ Testing Facilities (CTF) to JA Solar Holdings Co. The CTF lab qualification is widely viewed by the PV industry as the recognition for theRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Fossil-Heavy Energy & Water Appropriations Bill Passes Senate
Will the President veto it?
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5D Watts close to launching hybrid concentrated PV heat energy system
5D Watts, a custom composite manufacturing company, sent word that it has initiated formal certification testing of Hybrid Solar Concentration PV and Heat Energy System. After completion of a production prototype, and in-house testing for almost two years, the company says it is ready to complete certification testing with CERT. “Having reachedRead More — Solar Builder magazine